Kenner v. Cousin

In a suit instituted by plaintiff against defendant to recover a plot of ground which has been used by defendant’s family as a cemetery since 1S6T, the Court of Appeal for the First Circuit rendered judgment recognizing plaintiff as the owner of the plot, though subject to a stipulation in a deed from Caesar A. Cousin to Louis Cousin, reading as follows, to wit:

“That the portion of ground, or garden, enclosed on the lands herein purchased by Louis Cousin, shall be perpetually reserved as a graveyard or cemetery for the use of the family and friends, of the persons named herein, to whom said…